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J. R. SM|TH.

Improvement in Cameo Card-Presses. No. l3,2,330.

Patented Oct. 15,1872.

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JOSEPH B. SMITH, OF BROOKVILLE, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM BOL- LARD, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAMEQ CARD=PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1132,3349, dated October 15, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. SMITH, of Broclrville, in the county of Leeds, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain Improvements in Cameo Gard-Presses, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to that class of cameopresses used by photographers in which the card is pressed upwardly between the flexible pad and rigid die-plate by means of a camshaft and lever 5 and it consists in constructin g the base of the press with side walls to receive the pad, trough to contain the pad-plate, recess in said trough to pass the cam, and curved bars bridgingthe slotted trough to form bearings for the cam-shaft, and feet to support the base-plate, the said base, walls, slotted trough, bearings, and feet being formed whol- 1y together, in one mold, by one casting; the object being to lessen the cost of manufacture and to construct a press which shall combine durability, compactness, and lightness of manufacture.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a press embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

A is the die-plate, provided with the oval or other shaped orifice corresponding to the configuration of the cameo. B is the elastic rubber pad, resting on the metal plate 0. D. is the cam-shaft, which, by its cam E, presses the plate and pad upward when the lever]? at the side of the press is operated downward. The card to be pressed is inserted between the pad and plate through an opening, a, at the end of the press in the usual manner. G is the base of the press, to which the die-plate A is secured, to the sides thereof, by screws F at each corner. The base Gis formed with side walls H and trough I, correspondingto the plate 0. This trough slotted transversely to receive the cam-shaft D, and to albase G, side walls H, slotted trough I, bearing-bars J J, and feet K are formed unitedly in one mold, at one cast of the metal.

I do not claim novelty in the process of embossing herein described, as I am aware that this is not new; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the base Gr, with side walls H, slotted trough I, bearings J J, and feet K, formed in one casting, the annular dieplate A fixed to the top of said base, the plate 0 and elastic pad B held and guided within the said base, the crank-shaft D E resting in bearings J J beneath the bed or base, and the lever F on one end of the cam-shaft for operatin g it, all constructed and arranged to operate as herein specified, for the purpose set forth.

JOSEPH B. SMITH.

Witnesses:

F. L. KINCAID,

Of the Town of Brock ville,

llferchant. WM. SHERWOOD,

Of the Town of Brockm'llc,

Barrister-ct-Law. 

